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Obama, Romney give different takes on jobs data

President Obama hailed the jobs report showing unemployment at 7.8 percent, the lowest of his administration, but Mitt Romney said the numbers don’t represent a “real recovery.”

Jurors in Mattapan retrial to come from outside Boston

A judge says a jury must be brought in from Worcester to ensure a fair retrial for Dwayne Moore, who faces charges that he killed four people in Mattapan in 2010.

DA says hundreds could be freed in drug lab scandal

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said 300 to 500 people could be released in his jurisdiction due to the state drug lab scandal.

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Peyton Manning is changing the Broncos’ culture

When Manning and his Hall of Fame-caliber legacy joined the Broncos this year, his teammates immediately took to following his lead.

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Climate change helps local man set Arctic sailing record

With an assist from global warming, Cambridge’s Morgan Peissel, 25, and his two shipmates achieved the northernmost Northwest Passage ever made.

A Passage Through Ice

Morgan Peissel, Nicolas Peissel, and Edvin Buregren stood on the ice in the McClure Strait in front of their sailboat, the Belzebub II.

Morgan Peissel

The crew saw polar bears and narwhals as they navigated the icy waters at the top of the world.

Morgan Peissel

The three men crewing the Belzebub II were the first sailors known to have sailed the Northwest Passage via the McClure Straight.

Morgan Peissel

Only a handful of other ships have ever been through the McClure, and none of them went on to make the Northwest Passage.

Morgan Peissel

The crew's 31-foot fiberglass boat made it through the strait when the pack ice shifted during a 36-hour window.

A Passage Through Ice

By the time the sailors made it through, the pack ice had already closed up behind them.

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Visitors pitch in at annual cranberry harvest

A small but expanding group of Massachusetts cranberry growers now invite visitors to wade in and learn more about the cranberry crop.

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12 pumpkin beers for the fall

Sampling a dozen of these seasonal ales spawned a fundamental existential question: What’s a pumpkin beer supposed to taste like, anyway?

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How to fix America from below

A bold new vision for improving democracy has propelled Yale professor Heather Gerken into the legal firmament. She calls it “federalism all the way down.”